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… “Also hoping to take flight is Greensight Agronomics , which is building quad-rotor drones that will live and work at golf courses. They’ll automatically lift off three times a week to capture images of the grass, which will let groundskeepers see areas that might need more or less water — or a spot application of pesticide.”[…]

The GSAg team and just got back from the San Diego Golf Industry Show. Show is put on my the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America; 15k courses in the US, 16k members. This is THE golf course management trade show. Show was incredible in its scale! Everything in maintaining a golf course, and some[…]

GreenSight Ag was featured in a recent BostInno article about the 10 Boston-Area Drone Companies to Watch. GreenSight Agronomics (Boston) This Boston startup is developing proprietary cloud and drone technology that helps “golf courses, farms, and property managers [save] $2.8 billion annually through large reductions in water and inputs,” according to its Crunchbase page. The[…]

“GreenSight takes advantage of the technology to collect daily images of an entire golf course. This is where my geekiness kicks in. The visual images provided are fine, but the real technology is in the use of infrared and thermal imagery. “

Golf Course Industry … Companies involved in PTM claim upfront costs will eventually be defrayed because of savings created by reducing inputs. Shaffer, for example, says an annual subscription to OnGolf is the equivalent to one spray application. Turflux and GreenSight Agronomics are among the other industry newcomers with PTM offerings. Turflux offers GPS-guided sprayer[…]

TurfNet.com BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 14th, 2015 – GreenSight Agronomics, Inc., a growing provider of drone-based turfgrass management technology, today announced the appointment of Dr. John Kaminski to the role of Chief Agronomy Officer. Dr. Kaminski brings to the team an extensive background in turfgrass management and the implementation of new technology in the golf course[…]

What’s the best golf course drone? One you don’t have to fly! While DJI Phantoms are fun and some are beginning to leverage them to improve their turf, on a typical day you have better things to do that take the drone out on a tour of the course. Enter GreenSight Agronomics. They are making[…]